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How Poetry Saved My Life

A Hustler's Memoir

Amber Dawn
4.5
(13)
Pages
176
Year
2013
Language
English

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City of Vancouver Book Award winner! Lambda Award winner Amber Dawn's sophomore book reveals a poignant and personal landscape - the terrain of sex work, queer identity, and survivor pride. This memoir told in prose and poetry offers a frank, multifaceted portrait of the author's experience, from hustling the streets of Vancouver in the mid-90s to her present life as an outspoken feminist storyteller.

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"Amber Dawn's voice is heartbreakingly sensitive, yet unabashed. The empowerment and solace she found in the poetry that saved her life is contagious." —GO Magazine"An emotionally difficult but revealing read about the sex industry and the lifestyle of sex workers in which the author encourages more frankness and discussion in the future." —Library Journal"Defiant and proud, Amber Dawn's memoir ca

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